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in texas he got 49% of the vote. working shoulder to shoulder with many hispanics, i can tell you that they don't like pandering either. they don't enjoy the political process, and we need to be a party that learns from that. but what's recently happened is exactly what dr. land said, is these groups that are highly financed and highly funded that have infiltrated the conservative movement. they've got us all stirred up fighting, and the very answer and their solution is no, no, no, deport, deport, deport. it's population control, it's the environment is their god, and, um, they don't have anything in common with us. they get a couple people they pay up front to be their fair-haired conservative, credentialed individual, but if you really start peeling back layers of the onion, it'll make you cry. it's not conservative at all. they've literally, i believe, hijacked the party on this issue, and they've got us fighting on this issue so much that people national -- conservative authors are claiming that immigration issu
in texas he got 49% of the vote. working shoulder to shoulder with many hispanics, i can tell you that they don't like pandering either. they don't enjoy the political process, and we need to be a party that learns from that. but what's recently happened is exactly what dr. land said, is these groups that are highly financed and highly funded that have infiltrated the conservative movement. they've got us all stirred up fighting, and the very answer and their solution is no, no, no, deport,...
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♪ >> welcome to the texas debates, race for the u.s. senate. we are broadcasting live from the kera studios in dallas and online at texas debates.org. i'm kate, and i'll be the moderator during the next hour as we bring you the first one-on-one debate between republicans ted cruz and david dewhurst. 41-year-old ted cruz is a harvard law school graduate who served in the federal trade commission. he's currently a private attorney in houston. 66-year-old david dewhurst graduated from the university of arizona and started a successful energy company, falcon seaboard, based in houston. he was first elected as texas land commissioner and has served as lieutenant governor since 2003. the candidates will be answering questions posed by republican voters who have been following their campaigns and by journalists. political reporter crystal, peggy with the san antonio express news and ross ramsey. he's the executive editor for the texas tribune. gentlemen, thank you so much for being here. we have all agreed on some rules for this debate, so let's get s
♪ >> welcome to the texas debates, race for the u.s. senate. we are broadcasting live from the kera studios in dallas and online at texas debates.org. i'm kate, and i'll be the moderator during the next hour as we bring you the first one-on-one debate between republicans ted cruz and david dewhurst. 41-year-old ted cruz is a harvard law school graduate who served in the federal trade commission. he's currently a private attorney in houston. 66-year-old david dewhurst graduated from the...
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law in texas. that act so startled him that he lurch back, jumped back. the officer behind him who had been the first on the scene thought at that moment that he must have seen the gunslinger, the person who was threatening people in the apartment so he got into a crouching position with his gun pointed straight ahead he maneuvered into the bed room with the light still offer. he said he saw don lawrence and tyro garner on the bed having a will sex, not oral sex. we have a significant difference in what they say they were seeing. both of those facts would have violated the texas sodomy law. officers say they told john lawrence and tyro garner to stop what they were doing and stand back away from each other and they would not stop according to the officers. some very about male voices yelling at them inside the bed room. finally one of the officers said he flipped off a light in the bed room so everybody could see everybody very clearly now and he says they would still not stop and in fact he says j
law in texas. that act so startled him that he lurch back, jumped back. the officer behind him who had been the first on the scene thought at that moment that he must have seen the gunslinger, the person who was threatening people in the apartment so he got into a crouching position with his gun pointed straight ahead he maneuvered into the bed room with the light still offer. he said he saw don lawrence and tyro garner on the bed having a will sex, not oral sex. we have a significant...
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i have deep texas roots. the senate seat that i hold in my mind belonged to thomas jefferson rusk, my great, great grandfather's law partner and good friend. they both signed the texas decoration of independence from mexico in 1836. that reminds me everyday that we must protect the freedom that so many of our ancestors fought, reduce and retain. my colleagues sitting on the floor is in the san houston one, and that is a proud line, too. thomas jefferson rusk and sam houston were the commander-in-chief and secretary of war of the texas army when we fought for independence. and it is so fitting that those two were the first to select a senators when texas became a state in 1845. each summer, i take a week to to work one part of texas on a bus. it has been so much fun after we did the first one, which was the el camino -- that we had just passed a bill to designate at the national historic trail, and we went from the louisiana border to the mexican border, and it took us a week on the bus. it was so great that w
i have deep texas roots. the senate seat that i hold in my mind belonged to thomas jefferson rusk, my great, great grandfather's law partner and good friend. they both signed the texas decoration of independence from mexico in 1836. that reminds me everyday that we must protect the freedom that so many of our ancestors fought, reduce and retain. my colleagues sitting on the floor is in the san houston one, and that is a proud line, too. thomas jefferson rusk and sam houston were the...
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. >> the endorsement in texas? >> we feel very good about that. we feel that conservatives are coalescing around a camping and that's going to be good for us, not just south carolina but other go forward. >> find more video at c-span.org/campaign 2012. >> he outlined his goals for the new term, specifically addressing investment in manufacturing and creating stronger mine safety regulations. governor tomlin was elected during a special election last october. he will be up for reelection this november. his remarks are about 45 minutes. [inaudible] [applause] >> do you do anything else, or do i just take off from here? [inaudible] please be seated. mr. president, mr. speaker, members of the board of public works, justices of the supreme court of appeals, members of the state board of education, members of the legislature, distinguished guests, and my fellow west virginians. i am humbled and honored to stand before you this evening. we are on the verge of experiencing a new and dynamic chapter in the history of west virginia. [applause] avenues of op
. >> the endorsement in texas? >> we feel very good about that. we feel that conservatives are coalescing around a camping and that's going to be good for us, not just south carolina but other go forward. >> find more video at c-span.org/campaign 2012. >> he outlined his goals for the new term, specifically addressing investment in manufacturing and creating stronger mine safety regulations. governor tomlin was elected during a special election last october. he will be...
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a lot of the courts in texas. you have judges here that are carrying workloads ten times more than the national average and more in some cases. they need relief. we have a great deal of difficulty getting the judicial resources we need in particular places. so there's serious problems that i think do need to be addressed. it gets back to just, it gets pack to the area i was talking about before, about technology. one reason it's so expensive is discovery. you have a simple issue, you file a request: please, give me all your e-mails relating to this project. well, that's hundreds of thousands of dollars, millions of dollars. because of new technology. those rules saying you could just ask for all the documents were written at a time when people didn't think about what this would be like. they thought it'd be people going through a few files, and here they are. so wee need to address those issues. >> in your prior answer about the mess santa surprises, you mention -- the pleasant surprises, you mentioned you had bee
a lot of the courts in texas. you have judges here that are carrying workloads ten times more than the national average and more in some cases. they need relief. we have a great deal of difficulty getting the judicial resources we need in particular places. so there's serious problems that i think do need to be addressed. it gets back to just, it gets pack to the area i was talking about before, about technology. one reason it's so expensive is discovery. you have a simple issue, you file a...
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jackson lee, in texas we don't have an income tax. we are proud of it and if any public official advocates an income tax, they are a former public official. republican, democrat or independent. so, our main source of revenues property taxes and the sales tax business collect sales tax we have a pretty good system i believe that has been worked on for a great number of years as to the exception and who pays and how it is collected. i think states ought to have the right to collect a sales tax and the federal government shouldn't prevent them from having a sales tax. the states' rights issues as you mentioned governor. we have heard the stories about best buy so this weekend i went to a vast body in houston texas and talked to the folks that learned their, first of all unfortunately 50 best buy stores have gone out of business this year. one of the reasons they said they are competing with someone that is not in texas and they pointed out the fact that customers come in and get free advice about all these electronic gizmos i know nothin
jackson lee, in texas we don't have an income tax. we are proud of it and if any public official advocates an income tax, they are a former public official. republican, democrat or independent. so, our main source of revenues property taxes and the sales tax business collect sales tax we have a pretty good system i believe that has been worked on for a great number of years as to the exception and who pays and how it is collected. i think states ought to have the right to collect a sales tax...
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cdp has flown missions in support of the border patrol, texas rangers, u.s. service, fbi and others. the systems have become a force multiplier for military operations and for border security. however, we run the edge of the new horizon. using unmanned aerial systems within the homeland currently are 200 active certificates of operation issue i the federal aviation administration to over 100 different entities such as law enforcement department and academic institutions to fly drugs domestically. this map on the monitor shows the locations of coa recipients as at april 2012. the number of recipients since that time has in fact increased. the faa plans to select 65 cities around the country for the use of nongovernment euros this year and plans to allow the deployment of nongovernment drugs nationwide i.t. here 2015. while the faa is responsible for ensuring the systems fly safely in u.s. airspace with only two and a half short years until drums began to dominate the skies in the u.s. homeland, no federal agency is taking the lead to do with the full implicati
cdp has flown missions in support of the border patrol, texas rangers, u.s. service, fbi and others. the systems have become a force multiplier for military operations and for border security. however, we run the edge of the new horizon. using unmanned aerial systems within the homeland currently are 200 active certificates of operation issue i the federal aviation administration to over 100 different entities such as law enforcement department and academic institutions to fly drugs...
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also in texas. what kind of like two weeks, months, but certainly not use in getting something permitted on private land. now, this is costing, i assume there's a cost associated with this, not just with jobs, is that correct? >> yes, that's correct. there's a study that shows that the investment on every well is about $6 million in utah. and so there's the mental -- mineral release royalties spent and when land is leased from the federal government, you pay a bonus to get the least to you by police? >> that's correct. >> that from everything that is produced, the federal government gets the royalties. so we get a percentage of all the oil, all the oil and gas and so forth, that we could use to pay for roads and highways. that we could bring into the federal government to help balance the budget so it's a source of income we are losing as a federal government speakers absolutely. let me give one example. recently, about 6000 acres, a right to lease on those lands, it costs the bidders $48.6 million
also in texas. what kind of like two weeks, months, but certainly not use in getting something permitted on private land. now, this is costing, i assume there's a cost associated with this, not just with jobs, is that correct? >> yes, that's correct. there's a study that shows that the investment on every well is about $6 million in utah. and so there's the mental -- mineral release royalties spent and when land is leased from the federal government, you pay a bonus to get the least to...
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just in texas alone, this meant than 100,000t more jobs. manufacturing is an engine of economic growth. why are we making decisions that will inevitably stall that engine? the budgetary issues, the federal government faces them. they are the same one that i deal with every day in my own business. analysts say the defense industry is faced with several choices. either exit the market, a double down on defense by buying your competitors, or whether the storm. at our company, we have chosen to invest in product development. these are major investments. we are committed to developing products that will meet the military requirements. i believe that this dedication to provide innovative progress helps to illustrate the potential impact sequestration will have on my business and many others. sequestration will create an exodus of talent and skills to other industries. we presently have almost 90 employees, including assemblers and engineers. experienced in mechanical, electrical, software, from where, hardware, and manufacturing. these jobs are i
just in texas alone, this meant than 100,000t more jobs. manufacturing is an engine of economic growth. why are we making decisions that will inevitably stall that engine? the budgetary issues, the federal government faces them. they are the same one that i deal with every day in my own business. analysts say the defense industry is faced with several choices. either exit the market, a double down on defense by buying your competitors, or whether the storm. at our company, we have chosen to...
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work that began with one of your texas colleagues who works down, a pioneer in enforcing the federal reserve to be open. he made them release information they claimed didn't exist. kind of a magical feat, but one of the things that ought to be noted in every instance beginning with mr. gonzalez, and maybe before, and the work we did as the information flow has increased it has been beneficial. there have been none of the negative effects. at the same time in order to be clear that the release of all this information has i think dispel the notion that there were nefarious things going on. we've gotten a lot of information out under the legislation would have. there will be no transaction the federal reserve engages in with private company that won't at some point be made public. i think that has reflected well on what they've done and again suggested that there was something untoward going on. haven't been proven true. now, i filed legislation to remove the regional presidents from the voting power that they have. it was pointed out to me that that would have a problem of diminishing
work that began with one of your texas colleagues who works down, a pioneer in enforcing the federal reserve to be open. he made them release information they claimed didn't exist. kind of a magical feat, but one of the things that ought to be noted in every instance beginning with mr. gonzalez, and maybe before, and the work we did as the information flow has increased it has been beneficial. there have been none of the negative effects. at the same time in order to be clear that the release...
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. >> that gentlewoman from texas, ms. jackson lee is recognized. >> i thank the chairman, the regular, and the attorney general for service. i just want to add what i don't think very quickly within the introduction of the attorney general, and then my series of questions, mr. attorney general, without disrespect will be questions like a series of questions in. but it did not do a deputy attorney general under the bush administration. you continue to serve i think anytime that you appointed under president obama, is that correct what did you remain during that time speak was a little know fact that i was george bush's first attorney general spent i think i should be made clear for the record. because you had a continuous public service commitment to cure and the private sector, but between a judgeship and the superior court, that i understand you appointed by president ronald reagan at the time, is that correct, mr. attorney general? >> that's correct. >> let me thank you again for your service and ask a series of questio
. >> that gentlewoman from texas, ms. jackson lee is recognized. >> i thank the chairman, the regular, and the attorney general for service. i just want to add what i don't think very quickly within the introduction of the attorney general, and then my series of questions, mr. attorney general, without disrespect will be questions like a series of questions in. but it did not do a deputy attorney general under the bush administration. you continue to serve i think anytime that you...
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no matter what we did in texas we are never going to get there. so yeah, i agree with many of the general principles laid out in simpson-bowles, and to believe that lower marginal rates both on the personal and the corporate side makes sense, but only in the context of a limited loopholes and means testing other deductions in order to make sure the jury system that every preseason operates in a fair way. but that has to be combined with entitlement restraint. because we don't have entitlement restraint we are lost if you talk a little bit about your budget, and interest in whether or not, as you like of which are with the supreme court ruling on obamnicare and if one talks about the mandate, the mandate is a tax. i would welcome your comments on that, by the other part of the rulings on the medicaid expansion that this has direct impact on the state in that you can now not, opt out of the medicaid expansion without losing your current medicaid funding to is this something you decided in think about your current, your upcoming fiscal year budget or
no matter what we did in texas we are never going to get there. so yeah, i agree with many of the general principles laid out in simpson-bowles, and to believe that lower marginal rates both on the personal and the corporate side makes sense, but only in the context of a limited loopholes and means testing other deductions in order to make sure the jury system that every preseason operates in a fair way. but that has to be combined with entitlement restraint. because we don't have entitlement...
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you are all 254 counties in texas and all across the couple states we want to talk about in a few minutes. the ice report shows through march 31st, 2012, more than 130,000 immigrants convicted of crimes including 49,000 convicted of felony offense like murder and rape were removed from the u.s. for identification to secure community. my brother was a border sheriff and an example of somebody in jail and turned out he was there for murder in another state. the community does work and helps the local border law-enforcement. given ice relative limits compared to the number of individuals unlawfully presented in the u.s. prioritizing criminals particularly serious criminals for removal keeps our communities safer and the best use of taxpayer dollars. the community program has not been without controversy. i understand that and pleased to say under the director's leadership taken steps to create enhancements to the program. i was in houston with the sheriff telling me about the task force put together to make sure ice was working to improve communication with state and local jurisdictions and
you are all 254 counties in texas and all across the couple states we want to talk about in a few minutes. the ice report shows through march 31st, 2012, more than 130,000 immigrants convicted of crimes including 49,000 convicted of felony offense like murder and rape were removed from the u.s. for identification to secure community. my brother was a border sheriff and an example of somebody in jail and turned out he was there for murder in another state. the community does work and helps the...
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so my parents live in texas. i know this. schools in texas have over 40 kids in the classroom. that's not a success. there's school systems that have completely eliminated extracurricular activities, no sports, no debates, no drama, no our clubs, because of the lack of funding. and that's something as a nation we must address. i won't go into this for lack of time, but you see we so disparities and dropout rates and we must work on. although this is a success story and that those numbers are declining. we are moving in the right direction. but it combines the issues of child welfare, abuse and neglect, immigration, policy and also juvenile justice. u.. >> really tirelessly on is the issue of how immigration policy, foreign policy and child welfare policy don't work together. so we may have an immigration policy where we do removal of parents, but sometimes neglecting what happens to the kids. there's a report that came out that over 100,000 parents had been deported at some point. we have no idea what happens to the children in those countries. so that's an issue, um, that we r
so my parents live in texas. i know this. schools in texas have over 40 kids in the classroom. that's not a success. there's school systems that have completely eliminated extracurricular activities, no sports, no debates, no drama, no our clubs, because of the lack of funding. and that's something as a nation we must address. i won't go into this for lack of time, but you see we so disparities and dropout rates and we must work on. although this is a success story and that those numbers are...
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it with the railroad commission i don't know, but that is texas. they can determine by the kinds of allegations that they made, how much oil would be produced and what the price of oil would be. that shifted away from the united states and into saudi arabian hands in the 1970s, partly because we were running out in texas and the opec states decided to try their hand at creating a cartel and the center of gravity of pricing power and their production power particularly with respect to oil, shifted away from the united states and we were left somewhat at the mercy of someone else's decisions. now, byron has already described what has happened in the united states with production. for the first time, we are exporting energy. the first time in a long time, we are exporting energy. we have enough to not only take care of ourselves, yes we are importing 45% of our needs, but we have energy being created so that in market fashion there can be exports. the technology has made enormous changes. yes, the discovery of this block and is very important that the
it with the railroad commission i don't know, but that is texas. they can determine by the kinds of allegations that they made, how much oil would be produced and what the price of oil would be. that shifted away from the united states and into saudi arabian hands in the 1970s, partly because we were running out in texas and the opec states decided to try their hand at creating a cartel and the center of gravity of pricing power and their production power particularly with respect to oil,...
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gordon was originally from texas and lived in aurora with his family. he was -- quote -- "a quit-witted world traveler with a keen sense of humor." he will are remembered for his devotion to his children and for always trying to do the right thing, no matter the obstacle. gordon took his two teenaged children to the theater the night of the shooting, both of whom thankfully made it out unharmed. >> this is jessica ghawi, age 24. jessica was an aspiring journalist, most recently interning with mile high sports radio in denver and went by the nickname redfield. she was hard working and ambitious with a generous spirit and kind heart. when numerous homes were recently destroyed by colorado wildfires, ghawi decided to start collecting hockey equipment to donate to the kids affected because she wanted to help. >> thithis is john thomas layer. she was a cryptological technician also at buckley. a job which requires "exceptional good comarkt and skills." originally from chicago, he was the youngest of five children and joined the service just over a year ago,
gordon was originally from texas and lived in aurora with his family. he was -- quote -- "a quit-witted world traveler with a keen sense of humor." he will are remembered for his devotion to his children and for always trying to do the right thing, no matter the obstacle. gordon took his two teenaged children to the theater the night of the shooting, both of whom thankfully made it out unharmed. >> this is jessica ghawi, age 24. jessica was an aspiring journalist, most recently...
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i thank the senator from texas for joining me. i think we have another 16 or 17 colleagues who are joining us in this effort, bipartisan effort, to raise this issue. and i hope that the russians will understand once and for all they can't play both sides of the street. and we in the united states should draw the line. i thank the senator from texas. mr. cornyn: would the senator yield for a question? is the senator aware that the very same arms export -- arms merchant, rosa beron export, i think is the way it's pronounced, or something close to that, has also been documented selling weapons to iran and venezuela? mask, according to one published report, as late as 2005, rosa boren export sold iran tor m-1 antiair missile systems worth $700 million. and iran's revolutionary guard corps successfully tested this antiair missile system in 2007. it's also reported that in 2012, russia will deliver t-72 tanks, bmp-3 infantry fighting vehicl vehicles, and btr-80 armored personnel carriers to venezuela, just on our back door in south amer
i thank the senator from texas for joining me. i think we have another 16 or 17 colleagues who are joining us in this effort, bipartisan effort, to raise this issue. and i hope that the russians will understand once and for all they can't play both sides of the street. and we in the united states should draw the line. i thank the senator from texas. mr. cornyn: would the senator yield for a question? is the senator aware that the very same arms export -- arms merchant, rosa beron export, i...
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of texas. if you want to party, you go to the university of texas. but i never saw drinking until i went to virginia. i'm not exaggerating. i saw people hanging out of cars and i saw people lying unconscious on the sidewalk. it was amazing. this was a very old tradition. in the 17th century, it was a place where people drink a lot. put them -- to put it in context, the average american drinks 5 gallons of whiskey per year. 320 ounces in a year, is that right? that would be announced today. men women and children, young and old. people visited philadelphia, reported seeing 5-year-olds standing around the street. it's true. people drink like fish back then. virginians drink more. people talk about how virginians drink more. unbelievable. madison thought this treating and tradition -- did you vote for me, i will give you all the ham and whiskey you can consume in a weekend, that is just not republican. people should vote for me because i'm the most qualified. so i'm going to stand up for this prin
of texas. if you want to party, you go to the university of texas. but i never saw drinking until i went to virginia. i'm not exaggerating. i saw people hanging out of cars and i saw people lying unconscious on the sidewalk. it was amazing. this was a very old tradition. in the 17th century, it was a place where people drink a lot. put them -- to put it in context, the average american drinks 5 gallons of whiskey per year. 320 ounces in a year, is that right? that would be announced today. men...
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the a gentleman from texas. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i think the questions and testimony, the probably have that necc tragedy lay bare their predatory gap we have between traditional and full-scale drug manufacturing. there's no debate that we want the federal government to license individual pharmacist. it's a state responsibility. now is the debate about what fda should oversee large-scale manufacturing of drugs which is a thing on a bipartisan basis what we afford. there've in overwhelming numbers signals the about necc, which is not your average neighborhood pharmacy. commissioner smith, how major mistakes did necc sell their products to? >> i'm not sure about all other products but -- >> but they did sell into large states. did they sell into massachusetts? >> yes, they did. 23 i believe. >> but did they sell their products into the massachusetts market? >> yes. >> how many states did send contaminated injections that led to the outbreak? >> that was the 23. they may sell into more but that was the 23. >> necc was not new to this n
the a gentleman from texas. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i think the questions and testimony, the probably have that necc tragedy lay bare their predatory gap we have between traditional and full-scale drug manufacturing. there's no debate that we want the federal government to license individual pharmacist. it's a state responsibility. now is the debate about what fda should oversee large-scale manufacturing of drugs which is a thing on a bipartisan basis what we afford. there've in...
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at this time i'll recognize the gentleman from texas, dr. burgess, for five minutes. >> i thank the chairman for the recognition. yes, secretary, way back here. let me ask you because mr. barton was asked you about the loan guarantees at solyndra. when you came to us in love of last year -- november of last year, it seemed news to you that there were postponement of layoffs that had occurred at the company, to take those past election day before they were announced, and you seemed to be surprised that that had, in fact, occurred. and i think if i recalled correctly, you were going to look into that. so can you share with us the results of your investigation, what information you've uncovered as to why those layoffs were postponed past the election day? >> we turned the matter over to the ig, the department of energy ig, and they're looking into the matter, and when they tell us what they find be, we could share that with you. >> well, i pray that you do, but so far have you identified any of your staff, department of energy, that were involv
at this time i'll recognize the gentleman from texas, dr. burgess, for five minutes. >> i thank the chairman for the recognition. yes, secretary, way back here. let me ask you because mr. barton was asked you about the loan guarantees at solyndra. when you came to us in love of last year -- november of last year, it seemed news to you that there were postponement of layoffs that had occurred at the company, to take those past election day before they were announced, and you seemed to be...
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it's good for texas. it's good for the american taxpayer because we haven't lost -- i have it right here -- a single dime on this deal, and we've been working with air tractor since 1994. eighteen years, not one deem. dime. now, the reason that's important, there are a few who think ex-im is the next fannie or freddie. i'm the next freddie. [laughter] where do i start? we don't operate in one country, we operate in 70. we don't operate in one industry, we operate in dozens of industries. and ex-im's historical loss rate is less than 1.5%. ex-im makes money for the u.s. taxpayer, and he's the final kicker -- here's the final kicker. we don't answer to wall street, we answer to u.s. taxpayers, period. now, that's a pretty compelling case of what ex-im does and equally important what we don't do, and that's still not enough. some people just don't like the idea of a government-backed export credit agency. it offends them philosophically. they say america should counter state-backed financing with tougher com
it's good for texas. it's good for the american taxpayer because we haven't lost -- i have it right here -- a single dime on this deal, and we've been working with air tractor since 1994. eighteen years, not one deem. dime. now, the reason that's important, there are a few who think ex-im is the next fannie or freddie. i'm the next freddie. [laughter] where do i start? we don't operate in one country, we operate in 70. we don't operate in one industry, we operate in dozens of industries. and...
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it's from the texas parents union. what about school choice? is that a way to limit union power without taking them on as directly? >> i mean, for a half -- 4.5% of kids in charter school, that's further progress in 20 years. let's suppose 40% of the kids are in charter schools -- >> like nbc? >> or new orleans, 70%. so charter schools are almost all not union. and, therefore, the membership in the local union goes way down. and their dues go way down and their power is going to go way down. so i think expansion of choice, which would be very popular thing, it could just tap and the political process would be a surefire way of undermining the power. speak this is an interesting example. the charter school example, if unionized charter schools, nonunionized charter schools, management and nonunionized charter schools can figure out a way to great a school environment where the teachers are happy and the parents are happy and the kids are happy, and they can hold off organizing attempts. is going to be some interesting models because there's noth
it's from the texas parents union. what about school choice? is that a way to limit union power without taking them on as directly? >> i mean, for a half -- 4.5% of kids in charter school, that's further progress in 20 years. let's suppose 40% of the kids are in charter schools -- >> like nbc? >> or new orleans, 70%. so charter schools are almost all not union. and, therefore, the membership in the local union goes way down. and their dues go way down and their power is going...
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barton of texas for gr-4. mr. barton. >> in the section i recommend the removal of the phrase is agreed as cases. there are six clauses addressing impeachment that adds to these issues. it is itself a difficult process. i worked directly with the members of u.s. house impeachment. the last two with edward difficult. one was a sexual predator. it was hard to get an impeachment against him. he is now a joke at the second was a federal judge who was killed in federal felonies. it was tough to get an impeachment on them. we don't need the word egregious. >> amendment has been read and seconded. it i is not open for discussion. [inaudible] >> we are calling for the question. at this point all in favor of calling the question? all opposed? the question has been called for. we are now on mr. barton's amendment. page five, line 35, removing the word egregious. all in favor say aye. all opposed? the amendment has been adopted. we now move to page six, line five, mr. barton, you recognize on your amendment spent in this cla
barton of texas for gr-4. mr. barton. >> in the section i recommend the removal of the phrase is agreed as cases. there are six clauses addressing impeachment that adds to these issues. it is itself a difficult process. i worked directly with the members of u.s. house impeachment. the last two with edward difficult. one was a sexual predator. it was hard to get an impeachment against him. he is now a joke at the second was a federal judge who was killed in federal felonies. it was tough...
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south carolina is not like california or texas or michigan. all of the states -- we have different issues. in south carolina, our issues are education and poverty. i know what we were given that money, we would spend less money. we would be more effective on how we treat our patients. if the affordable health care act goes into place. you will see a lot of private-sector companies pay the penalty and throw it to government. we will see less quality in health care and higher costs. the goal of every say right now is how do we get the most help for the least amount of money? what i'm asking is don't tell me how to do it. what we are trying to do in succulent is make sure their are transparency with the patient to the doctor and the doctor to the insurance company. if we were to treat health care like we treated getting our oil changed at the car dealership or maintenance shop, what would have been? you go in, you tell them what you want, they show you the list of things you're getting ready to pay for, you sign it and then you do it. if people a
south carolina is not like california or texas or michigan. all of the states -- we have different issues. in south carolina, our issues are education and poverty. i know what we were given that money, we would spend less money. we would be more effective on how we treat our patients. if the affordable health care act goes into place. you will see a lot of private-sector companies pay the penalty and throw it to government. we will see less quality in health care and higher costs. the goal of...
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the last time i was in texas, i was in austin. but texas is a bigook, book state. you can tell that anytime you nd tre. osomy edpi of bs,wh t thouldecnd g: thikng kehinemy kdo want to have lunch with? they're all equally fabulous. but as a writer if your favorite one is not the one youjust is tyo i "lof ces ptyof h a qle nonfiction career to date, ling out loud, 1988. thinking out loud, 993. how ading chang my lfe, . 00rtuio a "lancl c o . imagined london in 2004 as well. "beingerfect" in 2005. good dog,tay -- which we d cautn20ihi pam thve sat " juubed b our guest for the last three hours, anna quindlen. thank you for doingooktv and "in dept" >>sts g. oddú<ot oanesley ak >> what was your first job at the new york times? >> i was at general assignment everante b.h is really all un t,'m t ers per s happy. you sit around and wait until somebody says, two bodies found in hse inue t igh -redsohi a s. us u o t sway a ta notebook and allow. i remember when i interviewed at 24 ka tt.ork times when i was pdi wld wo asyt nel gn rte th was thought of as someone who was
the last time i was in texas, i was in austin. but texas is a bigook, book state. you can tell that anytime you nd tre. osomy edpi of bs,wh t thouldecnd g: thikng kehinemy kdo want to have lunch with? they're all equally fabulous. but as a writer if your favorite one is not the one youjust is tyo i "lof ces ptyof h a qle nonfiction career to date, ling out loud, 1988. thinking out loud, 993. how ading chang my lfe, . 00rtuio a "lancl c o . imagined london in 2004 as well....
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their living in texas, coming out taxes. you've got a lot of money coming from new york, kim, particularly folks who used to be with him capital, or still are with bain capital. folks from wall street have particular -- contributed heavily to romney. but you've got your billionaires out of texas. bob kerrey it doesn't really talk to anybody, is given a lot of money. harold simmons has given a lot of money. you've got out of wyoming foster friess has given a lot of money. and then, of course, there's the elephant in the room which we would be sheldon adelson out of nevada was given him and his wife and discovers that would've given somewhere somewhere north of $70 million to various super pacs supporting romney an earlier supporting gingrich. so that's a lot of money, you know, and that's a huge gamble to make. you have to wonder at the end of this whether folks feel like they deserve something for all that money. i don't know. that's just the money we know about. >> sheldon abelson telling the press all he wanted was a lock
their living in texas, coming out taxes. you've got a lot of money coming from new york, kim, particularly folks who used to be with him capital, or still are with bain capital. folks from wall street have particular -- contributed heavily to romney. but you've got your billionaires out of texas. bob kerrey it doesn't really talk to anybody, is given a lot of money. harold simmons has given a lot of money. you've got out of wyoming foster friess has given a lot of money. and then, of course,...
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in arizona we have a congressional delegation, in texas they have a congressional delegation. in new jersey they have a congressional delegation. why haven't they done anything? you know, are we, are they using bills like s.b. 1070 and other immigration laws to say, well, you know, we're going to just kick the can down the road because, you know, we don't have to do anything as long as states might do their own deal? >> i'd like to start on that one. the federal government makes out like a bandit. i'm going to say this again. on increased gdp, on taxes collected, on all kinds of things. the states that border mexico suffer dramatically, particularly the counties that border mexico. and so there are a different set of incentives. we just have to deal with that kind of reality. so every once in a while -- i'll take one, i'll take health care costs as one of the examples. when you get a humanitarian waiver at the point of entry to get in, you get a chip permission from the federal government that says you can go anywhere and achieve, and get your unreimbursed health care. you kno
in arizona we have a congressional delegation, in texas they have a congressional delegation. in new jersey they have a congressional delegation. why haven't they done anything? you know, are we, are they using bills like s.b. 1070 and other immigration laws to say, well, you know, we're going to just kick the can down the road because, you know, we don't have to do anything as long as states might do their own deal? >> i'd like to start on that one. the federal government makes out like...
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visit the boomtowns wealthy homes and streets of beaumont, texas. american history tv this weekend on c-span3. las.. >> they are the nonviolent majority, black and white, who are for change without violence. these are the people whose voice i want to be. >> as candidates campaign for president this year, we look back at 14 men who ran for the office and lost. go to our web site, c-span.org/the contenders, to see video of the contenders who had a lasting impact on politics. >> our ancestors came across the ocean in sailing ships you wouldn't go across a lake in. [laughter] when they arrived, there was nothing here. they built their tiny little cabins, and they did it with neighbors helping one another, not federal grants. [cheers and applause] they came here because they wanted to be free, and they wanted to practice the religion of their choice. and after 200 years, too many of us take those privileges for granted. >> c-span.org/the contenders. >> congressional republicans have introduced bills that would revamp the federal budget process. the bills
visit the boomtowns wealthy homes and streets of beaumont, texas. american history tv this weekend on c-span3. las.. >> they are the nonviolent majority, black and white, who are for change without violence. these are the people whose voice i want to be. >> as candidates campaign for president this year, we look back at 14 men who ran for the office and lost. go to our web site, c-span.org/the contenders, to see video of the contenders who had a lasting impact on politics. >>...
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at this time i'd like to recognize the gentleman from texas, mr. barton, for the purpose of making an opening statement, fife minutes. >> i'm not -- i won't use that much time, mr. chairman, but thank you. um, this is a continuation hearing. everything that can be said about keystone has been said. but sometimes it needs to be repeated. this is a extremely important project for our nation's future. just in the last month or so we've had a number of announcements that refineries in the united states in the northeast and in the virgin islands are going to be closed, several in pennsylvania, one in the virgin islands, i think one in ohio. altogether they're taking about a million barrels of refinery production off the books. and while keystone pipeline is not building a new refinery, it is bringing additional crude oil to the gulf coast where we still have refinery capacity. that crude oil will be used to be refined into products that then can be transshipped up into the midwest and the northeast. if you shut down refineries in the midwest and offshor
at this time i'd like to recognize the gentleman from texas, mr. barton, for the purpose of making an opening statement, fife minutes. >> i'm not -- i won't use that much time, mr. chairman, but thank you. um, this is a continuation hearing. everything that can be said about keystone has been said. but sometimes it needs to be repeated. this is a extremely important project for our nation's future. just in the last month or so we've had a number of announcements that refineries in the...
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i'm the founder of china aid association based near midland, texas. in 1989 i was part of the student democracy movement in tiananmen square. though the movement was crushed by tanks, yet the hearts for freedom have continued. later, i became a house church pastor out of -- and was eventually jailed for running an independent house church and a secret bible school. in 1996 my wife and i escaped to hong kong, and in '97 we were admitted to the united states of america as refugees just days before hong kong was handed over to china. banned unofficial churches in china have 60-80 million followers who at great risk are trying to exercise their chinese constitutional guaranteed religious freedom. those in prison for their beliefs are typically denied access to religious materials including the bible. one group of prisoners, imprisoned laborers, transcribed each book of the bible by hand into notebooks and circulated from within the prison. last year i presented one of those notebooks to president and mrs. bush for inclusion in the freedom collection. at c
i'm the founder of china aid association based near midland, texas. in 1989 i was part of the student democracy movement in tiananmen square. though the movement was crushed by tanks, yet the hearts for freedom have continued. later, i became a house church pastor out of -- and was eventually jailed for running an independent house church and a secret bible school. in 1996 my wife and i escaped to hong kong, and in '97 we were admitted to the united states of america as refugees just days...
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all the republicans get together and cut taxes in texas. while the republicans get together and end teacher tenure or give more parental choice. louisiana, florida, idaho. all the democrats get together and continue everything they have been doing to make illinois the place that illinois is today. the country is going to be moving in a tremendously different direction state-by-state. i think that will help give some of the clarity and transparency about what works and what doesn't. we are to see that now. we see that in the failure of our american cities run by democrats versus areas where the democrats don't have that kind of control. go 20 miles outside of the democratic mayor's control, and you have schools that work better and roads that are paid better. it will be clear as it goes state-by-state. >> another question? >> i just got the book, i haven't had a chance to read it. but i wanted to ask you about three things. one, the market that got changed him and nobody talks about the impact that had in helping the economy be brought down,
all the republicans get together and cut taxes in texas. while the republicans get together and end teacher tenure or give more parental choice. louisiana, florida, idaho. all the democrats get together and continue everything they have been doing to make illinois the place that illinois is today. the country is going to be moving in a tremendously different direction state-by-state. i think that will help give some of the clarity and transparency about what works and what doesn't. we are to...
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the presiding officer: the senator from texas. mrs. hutchison: mr. president, i'm pleased to stand and add my experiences with and admiration for senator barbara mikulski. it is fitting that she is now the longest serving woman in the united states congress. when i first got here, i was elected first in 1993, barbara mikulski as the dean of women in the senate had a workshop the previous year for the newly elected democratic women senators. when i arrived in 1993, she expanded it to include all new women senators. and her sort of opening comment was civility starts with us. and surely, she has carried through as the dean of the women of the senate to assure that all the new women get their bearings in the senate, they get the advice of the ones who have been here before, and it's been a huge help. and really a fun opportunity for us to get to know each other on a personal level as we have our women senators dinners. from this came a book that senator mikulski and i worked on together, and it really was the genesis of the book, which became nine and c
the presiding officer: the senator from texas. mrs. hutchison: mr. president, i'm pleased to stand and add my experiences with and admiration for senator barbara mikulski. it is fitting that she is now the longest serving woman in the united states congress. when i first got here, i was elected first in 1993, barbara mikulski as the dean of women in the senate had a workshop the previous year for the newly elected democratic women senators. when i arrived in 1993, she expanded it to include all...
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we just return a couple weeks ago from texas. but we have been to texas, north carolina, and california. four very different states and different immigration con tense e text and health and human services context, and where we have talked with a wide range of providers in the community, and what we're -- still very early and we haven't -- we're planning to do more visits, but what we are sort of seeing, it does vary a lot across the country based on the type of enforcement, based on the set of human service providers and where families tend to go. two things we probably are seeing is that there's just a great deal of fear in the community. so people may not come forward to health and human services programs. we don't think there's any one magic program like head start or anything else that sort of reaches a great many of families the set of organizations that -- this confirmed what we found in our research before that has the greatest contact with these families are ngos, nongovernmental organizations, sometimes they may provide
we just return a couple weeks ago from texas. but we have been to texas, north carolina, and california. four very different states and different immigration con tense e text and health and human services context, and where we have talked with a wide range of providers in the community, and what we're -- still very early and we haven't -- we're planning to do more visits, but what we are sort of seeing, it does vary a lot across the country based on the type of enforcement, based on the set of...
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now, if he had been governor of these 24 states with republican legislation than the governor of texas have been doing amazing things and work reform. looking at school choice. have to give speeches so you're saying rick perry is a candidate for 26 and? >> first of all his got to get over the back pain stuff. rick perry has a tremendous track record of success, probably running again. could run for president. >> how do you -- >> ten of these 30 are or will be next to an want to see them speak so you think you'll be strong if he ran against the? now. >> you talk to -- >> you also have bobby jindal of fluids and. ohio, indiana, wisconsin, scott walker change the world spent you talked before about how 1972 you were 12 or 13 you work for president nixon. yet index card. what do you think the republican party should learn from what the obama campaign did with technology on november 6? >> i wrote index cards with the addresses of the campaign contributors. this guy sent in $5. we were not high-tech. you were talk about having -- you should have one of the key republicans from the campaign c
now, if he had been governor of these 24 states with republican legislation than the governor of texas have been doing amazing things and work reform. looking at school choice. have to give speeches so you're saying rick perry is a candidate for 26 and? >> first of all his got to get over the back pain stuff. rick perry has a tremendous track record of success, probably running again. could run for president. >> how do you -- >> ten of these 30 are or will be next to an want...
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some states are notably better than others but i think the gao report points to texas and florida. they operate a little more efficiently. the basic problem of course is that when you're spending a lot of money on administration you're not spending a lot of money on training, and that's a problem. as has been pointed out, previously it's important recognize at this point most long-term training goes on a community colleges for profit and public, and endless the director of a local web and ahead of the community college are fairly enlightened they operate very much separately, in a vacuum. and that's a problem. it is often the committee colleges there's a disconnect between the community colleges and the jobs training agencies about what skills they think workers taken off a disconnect the community colleges and local important we need to bring everybody in to a conversation and we need to structure the system in a way that would allow that. i'm not letting anyone. i want to make clear i don't blame anyone for the way the system has evolved. there are a lot of historical reasons, bu
some states are notably better than others but i think the gao report points to texas and florida. they operate a little more efficiently. the basic problem of course is that when you're spending a lot of money on administration you're not spending a lot of money on training, and that's a problem. as has been pointed out, previously it's important recognize at this point most long-term training goes on a community colleges for profit and public, and endless the director of a local web and ahead...
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texas congressman ralph hall chairs the science committee. [inaudible conversations] >> okay. the committee on science, space and technology will come to order. and i'll say good morning and welcome to today's hearing entitled office of science and technology policy examining priorities and effectiveness of the nation's science policies. in front of you are packets containing the written testimony, and thank you for your testimony ahead of time, biography and truth in testimony disclosure of today's witness, dr. john holdren. we'll have our opening statements. i'll begin with my opening statement. dr. holdren, thank you for joining us today, and your role as the president's science adviser and as director of the office of science and technology, you have the president's ear, and that's very important. as such, you have a real far-reaching influence on this administration's direction in science and technology. probably for this committee not a more important position on the hill. we may not always agree with the advice that the director provides to the president, but science an
texas congressman ralph hall chairs the science committee. [inaudible conversations] >> okay. the committee on science, space and technology will come to order. and i'll say good morning and welcome to today's hearing entitled office of science and technology policy examining priorities and effectiveness of the nation's science policies. in front of you are packets containing the written testimony, and thank you for your testimony ahead of time, biography and truth in testimony disclosure...
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take that and $0.50 and in texas you get a dr. pepper. it is good to be on the committee regardless what the title are. i notice the previous commissioners were unbelievably polite but not unique. i would like to go into waters that are a little murkier. your predecessor was not known for his collegiality with his fellow commissioners. there were some fairly rigorous attempts to withhold information and manipulate decisionmaking. would you care to give us your view on how you plan to manage decisionmaking an information gathering and dissemination at the commission? >> i am committed to being as collegial as possible. i regard my fellow commissioners as mike year equals and they should have access to all the information i have access to. i am committed to sharing with them written information from my office and directed my staff to be as open with their staff. >> you don't plan to use your position as chairman to withhold to shape the outcome of decisions. you plan to use the position to gather, share on an equal basis whatever informatio
take that and $0.50 and in texas you get a dr. pepper. it is good to be on the committee regardless what the title are. i notice the previous commissioners were unbelievably polite but not unique. i would like to go into waters that are a little murkier. your predecessor was not known for his collegiality with his fellow commissioners. there were some fairly rigorous attempts to withhold information and manipulate decisionmaking. would you care to give us your view on how you plan to manage...
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texas case for the roemer case or the cases that do with it. when we litigated the case was litigated it as a fundamental right to marriage, and equal protection claim. what the ninth circuit did was make a relatively narrow decision, but also talked about all of the justifications that california had offered for its active discrimination against people on the basis of marriage. and essentially systematically found every single one of those justifications without any rational or reasonable basis. so while the decision was focus somewhat narrowly on a couple of supreme court opinions, happened to have been written by judge justice anthony kennedy, that in no way we believe undermines the extensive factual only record that was compiled in the district court and was formed the basis for the district court's 134 page opinions. what will happen from the ninth circuit, we don't know. right now there's a petition for every hearing pending. it's been sitting there for about six weeks. take 13 of the 25 active judges in the ninth circuit to grant rehear
texas case for the roemer case or the cases that do with it. when we litigated the case was litigated it as a fundamental right to marriage, and equal protection claim. what the ninth circuit did was make a relatively narrow decision, but also talked about all of the justifications that california had offered for its active discrimination against people on the basis of marriage. and essentially systematically found every single one of those justifications without any rational or reasonable...
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and we have a phone in to texas day. whatever you can do. but number one, talk about it and make sure people know about it because a lot of times they don't. >> can i -- >> oh, please. >> -- weigh in on that? so i think we kind of heard that from the mom that you could do a lot with the internet now because you can talk to people all over the country just by using the internet. i know i'm from maryland, too, and we send people to pennsylvania, to virginia to do labor walks, so we know there are problems in those states, so maybe even doing labor walks in states where you know you have a problem. >> i also want to throw the feminist majority foundation's two cents in here. i am one of the campus directors for the choices campus leadership program, and this election year we're putting a call out to all college students, recent high school graduates. if you feel like interning with us or planned parenthood or the national gay and lesbian task force, all of us, we are going to be active especially, um, battling these initiatives. colorado, calif
and we have a phone in to texas day. whatever you can do. but number one, talk about it and make sure people know about it because a lot of times they don't. >> can i -- >> oh, please. >> -- weigh in on that? so i think we kind of heard that from the mom that you could do a lot with the internet now because you can talk to people all over the country just by using the internet. i know i'm from maryland, too, and we send people to pennsylvania, to virginia to do labor walks, so...
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the presiding officer: the senator from texas. mr. cornyn: mr. president, i want to express my gratitude to the senator from missouri for his leadership on this issue. this used to be a topic that was a bipartisan issue, dating back to the passage of the religious freedom restoration act of 1993. but so people can refresh their memory, there have been a number of allusions made to the language of the constitution but let me read the first amendment, part of our bill of rights, the fundamental law of the land that cannot be abridged or changed by a mere act of congress, which is what we're -- what we're concerned about, that the president's health care bill, the affordable care act, so called, purports to change the constitution which it cannot do, and when there's a conflict between the constitution and a law passed by congress, that law falls as unconstitutional. but the first amendment to the united states constitution says congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof. let me repeat
the presiding officer: the senator from texas. mr. cornyn: mr. president, i want to express my gratitude to the senator from missouri for his leadership on this issue. this used to be a topic that was a bipartisan issue, dating back to the passage of the religious freedom restoration act of 1993. but so people can refresh their memory, there have been a number of allusions made to the language of the constitution but let me read the first amendment, part of our bill of rights, the fundamental...
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last year, for example, a water plant for a small town in texas disconnected its control system from the internet after a hacker posted pictures of the facility's internal controls. more recently, cyber attackers penetrated the networks of companies that operate natural gas pipelines. and computer systems in critical sectors of the economy including the financial, nuclear and chemical industries are increasingly targeted. we also face a range of traditional crimes tar now perpetrated -- that are now perpetrated through the cyber network including por nothing by and banking fraud, all of which pose severe economic and human consequences. a norton study last year calculated the cost of global cyber crime at $114 billion annually, and i think that is a very conservative estimate. but when combined with the value of time the victims lost, this figure grows to 388 billion globally which is significantly more than the global black market in marijuana, cocaine and heroin combined. so how do we address these threats? moreover, how do we address them across a distributed network that is large
last year, for example, a water plant for a small town in texas disconnected its control system from the internet after a hacker posted pictures of the facility's internal controls. more recently, cyber attackers penetrated the networks of companies that operate natural gas pipelines. and computer systems in critical sectors of the economy including the financial, nuclear and chemical industries are increasingly targeted. we also face a range of traditional crimes tar now perpetrated -- that...
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if you get in and texas about $2025 depending on how far you want to take it. it. honduras is an exactly, technically next-door but it's a long ways to get it there. it's only a day's drive to go from monterey into texas and turn around and come back so looking at it from a business perspective from a logical perspective, logic tells me as an analyst that the easiest place for them to get the guns they want us to come to the u.s.. but such a small percentage of the guns being used in mexico are actually seized and the small percentage of those are actually trained in a way that tells us something. part of those came from fast and furious. many of the guns that are seized are destroyed and never submitted for tracing, stolen, sent back to the cartels, so we have to little reliable data, to little reliable information for anybody anywhere on the political spectrum to say that they know exactly what percentage of guns, so if the nra tells you something or the mexican government tells you something or the federal government tells you something and they are 100% sure th
if you get in and texas about $2025 depending on how far you want to take it. it. honduras is an exactly, technically next-door but it's a long ways to get it there. it's only a day's drive to go from monterey into texas and turn around and come back so looking at it from a business perspective from a logical perspective, logic tells me as an analyst that the easiest place for them to get the guns they want us to come to the u.s.. but such a small percentage of the guns being used in mexico are...
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yes, i most certainly will. >> i join with you in believing that andrew texas raver who i believe is the 2010, november 2010 designate should, in fact, be given an up or down vote, should, in fact, be given an opportunity to be confirmed. i would note that he wasn't put up, no one was put up for the first two years of the obama administration, and that's sad that they didn't have somebody in the queue earlier. i thank the gentlelady for yielding. >> i want to thank the chairman for supporting the confirmation, and you certainly can help us make that happen. >> we'll do what we can. >> i appreciate that. >> thank the gentlelady. we now recognize the gentleman from utah, mr. chaffetz, for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. thank you, mr. attorney general. i had an opportunity to ask you questions on december 8 of 2011, i'd asked you if you had spoken to president clinton -- president obama, secretary clinton or secretary knoll low. you said -- napolitano. you said you had not spoken to any of those three about fast and furious. is that still true today? >> with regard to secreta
yes, i most certainly will. >> i join with you in believing that andrew texas raver who i believe is the 2010, november 2010 designate should, in fact, be given an up or down vote, should, in fact, be given an opportunity to be confirmed. i would note that he wasn't put up, no one was put up for the first two years of the obama administration, and that's sad that they didn't have somebody in the queue earlier. i thank the gentlelady for yielding. >> i want to thank the chairman for...
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in urban mobility report by texas transportation institute found the cause of slow speed, what we currently have, on delays, and misconception continues to cost the united states over $100 billion annually. now is the time to make that investment for alternatives to congested highways and simultaneously create jobs. inner city passenger rail service call one of those alternatives, for delays on crawling speeds that face the nation's inner state today. northeast corridor and california high speed rail should be treated as the first step to developing the nation's high-speed rail network. i want to thank our witnesses and look forward to your testimony. i yield back. >> i don't -- if so, i would not be surprised about high-speed rail. >> it will be on the northeast corridor and i might save a little bit -- [talking over each other] >> that will never go away. mr. chairman, a pleasure to work with you on that matter. i don't know about california and other places where high-speed rail may be controversial but i do know where we are furthest along and all i can do is see us get started so the w
in urban mobility report by texas transportation institute found the cause of slow speed, what we currently have, on delays, and misconception continues to cost the united states over $100 billion annually. now is the time to make that investment for alternatives to congested highways and simultaneously create jobs. inner city passenger rail service call one of those alternatives, for delays on crawling speeds that face the nation's inner state today. northeast corridor and california high...
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[cheers and applause] howdy, i'm lloyd gomer from the state of texas. and we are all here as dear friends for life, right? well, then franklin called it the sacred writing, the sacred writing says the whole children a heritage from the lowered, the food of the womb is a reward. like arrows in the hands of a warrior, so were the children of one's youth. happy is the person who has a quiver full of them. 50 million dead babies. it's not a reward, it's an indictment. my dear friends for life, the same selfish arrogance and reckless disregard that would allow life to be taken, and one generation to take a life after life after life i'm a future generation will also allow a generation to forge change made of mountains of debt to set on those they do allow to be born. it's wrong. and the beginning is with the indictment for allowing so many unborn to be killed. having allowed my child free, free, prima born -- to hold onto my thing for eight hours, nonstop, i came to know they want to live. they want to live. [cheers and applause] >> let me just finish this w
[cheers and applause] howdy, i'm lloyd gomer from the state of texas. and we are all here as dear friends for life, right? well, then franklin called it the sacred writing, the sacred writing says the whole children a heritage from the lowered, the food of the womb is a reward. like arrows in the hands of a warrior, so were the children of one's youth. happy is the person who has a quiver full of them. 50 million dead babies. it's not a reward, it's an indictment. my dear friends for life, the...
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the one we mouth commonly -- we most commonly see is the texas academy of mobility evaluation. cms even commented this form was not adequate in the 2010 provider update, however, we continue to see suppliers completing this form and having the physician sign it, and physicians are utilizing this form as the face-to-face mobility examination described above. in fact, if you go to their web site, it clearly indicates it's not a cms-approved form. in addition, the supplier must supply a detailed seven-part description but is prohibited from completing any portion which must be completed by the prescribing physician. yet again, we see what appear to be disparities on the form in the prescriber's handwriting. lastly, an in-home assessment must be completed to make sure there's room for effective mobility. as a primary event, it's to alleviate barriers to performance of daily living in the home, not elsewhere. in a one-year interval, blue cross blue shield of tennessee blue advantage received 397 requests, the majority of which were for the more expensive power wheelchairs. ifif the
the one we mouth commonly -- we most commonly see is the texas academy of mobility evaluation. cms even commented this form was not adequate in the 2010 provider update, however, we continue to see suppliers completing this form and having the physician sign it, and physicians are utilizing this form as the face-to-face mobility examination described above. in fact, if you go to their web site, it clearly indicates it's not a cms-approved form. in addition, the supplier must supply a detailed...
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[inaudible] professor, soon to be professor -- soon to be my colleague at the university of texas. a good pleasure to be here. on the day when election results in france and greece call attention to a changing popular mood, at least in some parts of the world after four years of unresolved economic crisis. i'm pleased to be here. at m.i.t. to talk about a bock -- book that studies some of the issues that are real vabt to the onset of the events with which we have been facing in recent years. it's a pleasure to be back at cam ridge which is my hometown. the study of economic inequality, has been a coming thing in economics only for the last decade and a half or so. it was a back water for many years following the end of world war ii for the first half of the post war period and only began to catch interest of the economics profession in the 1980s when it became clear that things were changing, that they were developments of interest in respect inequality especially in the united states was getting worse. over the years since and particularly in the 1990's, there developed a dominant
[inaudible] professor, soon to be professor -- soon to be my colleague at the university of texas. a good pleasure to be here. on the day when election results in france and greece call attention to a changing popular mood, at least in some parts of the world after four years of unresolved economic crisis. i'm pleased to be here. at m.i.t. to talk about a bock -- book that studies some of the issues that are real vabt to the onset of the events with which we have been facing in recent years....
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exactly right from texas. former federal prosecutor from texas. who actually, i think, we think might be the front runner, i think. be interesting to see if we say that in here. foreign affairs is the other one where there will be a contested race. the incumbent chairwoman, she will step down meaning there will be no automatic women in chairmen's roles next year on the house side. ed royce from california wants the job, so does chris smith from new jersey who has a little bit more seniority, a lot more seniority, but his advocacy for human rights, fighting human rights is actually a negative among some of his colleagues. so to his record -- so, too, his record the last time he got to chair a committee which was the normally-obscure veterans affairs committee, he kept advocating for spending more and more money on veterans' programs, and they basically kicked him out. so those are two others. >> guest: oh, i should point out, too, that one committee that also will have the same chairman but is probably going to be inserting itself into the public s
exactly right from texas. former federal prosecutor from texas. who actually, i think, we think might be the front runner, i think. be interesting to see if we say that in here. foreign affairs is the other one where there will be a contested race. the incumbent chairwoman, she will step down meaning there will be no automatic women in chairmen's roles next year on the house side. ed royce from california wants the job, so does chris smith from new jersey who has a little bit more seniority, a...
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new mexico with his masters of science and has his masters of public health from the university of texas. after retiring from the air force, he had a career in the regional medical director for boeing aircraft corporation and became their corporate flight department. he took his initial position with the faa and he has been the federal earned air surgeon and currently flies the -- dr. tilton is a friend and colleague, and he is a pilot doctor, or a doctor's pilot. he understands aviation. is an advocate for the public and it's a great privilege to have him speaking with us today. thank you, fred. [applause] >> hello, everyone. i usually tell people when i get in, just proves i'm really old. so you're fortunate that dr. quay snyder working with you. we work within every quarter. he comes to washington with one of his staff members, and we spend a significant amount of time discussing policy and then we look at individual cases so that, that he represents you and your constituents and make sure that you were having problems with certifying certain individuals that they just -- they get the
new mexico with his masters of science and has his masters of public health from the university of texas. after retiring from the air force, he had a career in the regional medical director for boeing aircraft corporation and became their corporate flight department. he took his initial position with the faa and he has been the federal earned air surgeon and currently flies the -- dr. tilton is a friend and colleague, and he is a pilot doctor, or a doctor's pilot. he understands aviation. is an...